Cons: I need to catch up with the soup; the starter; the bread rolls; the stuffing; the bacony sausage things I worry about having under-catered for vegetarians I sound very croaky and my throat is still sore We have not...

This is a late one as we’re just back from a little quiz night we’ve run for parents and carers and friends of the Bromley Youth Concert Band. It’s our first event of this band year and the idea was to hold a...

Our painters were supposed to arrive at 7.30 am. Unsurprisingly they did not turn up at all. Our project is so far behind schedule partly due to the missed promises of the painters. So instead we enjoyed the sunshine. We walked...

No. I’m still not happy about this at all. 50 seems old but I feel about 25, but better, fitter, healthier, more soignée. It was a quiet day. Lunch at La Rascasse was a delicious sausage sandwich but later we went off to...

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I was lucky enough to be invited to the fabulous wedding of @emproji and @lukephilosophy last weekend. Agonising about what to wear, I came across this gorgeous dress from Bombshell. Even better news: they had my size and it was reduced! It would have been rude not to!

I know these doors are supposed to be the ultimate in high security but I despise them. I mean look how ugly they are! White UPVC, no definite sense of style nor era and the opening is both tiny and a trip hazard. How on earth are you supposed to… [more]